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to investments. Business for next week please.

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The business for next week. On Monday the 9th of May we will have a

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debate on a motion related to the Sheffield proposal and Government

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departments outside London. Subject for the debate chosen by the

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backbench business committee. Following that, we will have

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consideration of Lords amendments to the energy Bill, consideration of

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Lords amendments to the housing and planning Bill, and followed by that

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we will have consideration of Lords amendments to the immigration bill.

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On Tuesday, if necessary, we will have consideration of Lords

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amendments followed by business to be recommended by the backbench

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business committee. On Wednesday, we will have consideration of Lords

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amendments, followed by consideration of Lords amendments to

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the Armed Forces Bill, followed again if necessary by further

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consideration of Lords amendments and after that we will add further

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business to be recommended by the backbench business committee. And

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then again if necessary later in the day we will have further

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consideration of Lords amendments. On Thursday, we will again have

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consideration of Lords amendments, once those are done, Mr Speaker, the

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house will continue. I shall inform the house that ministers will bring

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forward a quarterly update on Syria before prorogation.

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Talk of the fag end of a parliamentary session. The Smiths

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just announced as these sludgy, slimy foul smelling trashy drags of

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politics. Yesterday's prime ministers questions showed to me, to

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nobody else, that the reins now got a low enough for the Prime Minister

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to slop around in. That's kind of despicable smear ring of 1's

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opponents I think degrades the whole of politics. And I would say gently

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to the Government that those who live by the gutter, die in the

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gutter. I am absolutely certain that kind of politics is not welcome to

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the British voters. What a year it has been. Every single economic

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target missed. Great forecast chasm we downgraded. Get up, homelessness

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art, the use of food bags up by 19%. Absolute tile property set to rise.

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NHS waiting lists up, libraries closed. Might migration up higher

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than it has been before. One Budget in which the Chancellor attacked

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working tax credits and another in which he attacked welfare payments.

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Morale at rock bottom. In the NHS, in the teaching profession and in

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the police. Election rules bent develop that the Tories in marginal

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seats. Financial rules rigged to give more cash to the richest

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councils. Standing orders change to benefit the Tories in this house.

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Was it just a cruel joke last year to make Her Majesty say, my

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Government will adopt a one nation approach? Come bit. This is not a

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one nation Government. It is a nasty, vindictive Tory Government,

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balancing the books on the back of the poor and vulnerable and I hope

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voters today will say, enough now. Go. And they will vote Labour in

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London, Wales, England and across the whole of the United Kingdom. And

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Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom. You can tell that the State

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opening is coming. The warnings are going up. Outside the Lords. The

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doorkeepers have been bubbling up their brasses. Countess is up and

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brushing of 30 RS, the clerk had a haircut. You can't star but

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underneath the wiki is that a haircut. And I gather you have even

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had your annual Bath. So, Mr Speaker, should we introduce...

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Don't do that mock outrage look, it doesn't suit you. Could be

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introduced in innovation this year in the state opening? I know the

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leader of the house doesn't want to listen to the president of the dates

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of America, but could we have a roll call of all the ambassadors High

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Commissioner is just to check which of our allies want us to stay in the

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European Union. As far as I can see, it includes not just our oldest

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ally, Portugal, and every other EU country, but the Commonwealth

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countries', Canada, New Zealand, as Africa and doubtless many more.

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Perhaps they will be adding Japan later on today and of course Norway.

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So the Norway model is that we should stay in. The only

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international bigger but wants us to leave as Donald Trump. Grayling with

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a hairpiece. So how on earth can the leader of the house argue that we

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would increase includes in the world by leaving the European Union? Can

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we have a debate on the BBC? The culture secretary says that he

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relishes the demise of the BBC. He wants to ban strictly and the boys

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and force the BBC to make deliberately unpopular programmes.

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He is even said that if he does not review the charter by the end of

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this year, it may well be that the BBC will cease to exist. Those are

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his words. Something he calls a tempting prospect. I don't want to

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get into the cauldron secretary's temptations at all at when will

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ministers get it into their fat heads that the British people love

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the BBC. They are proud of both and they don't want some right-wing

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minister pursuing a personal agenda and handing British broadcasting

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over to his charm, Murdoch. Will they published a White Paper next

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week? Will they stand by the financial deal they signed with the

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BBC last year and will they guarantee that there will indeed be

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a new 11 year BBC charter in place this autumn? In recent years some of

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the most destructive in powerful people in the land have done their

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level best to avoid appearing before select committees of this house. The

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Maxwells, Rebecca Brooks, Rupert and James Murdoch, Philip Green, Matthew

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Elliott, they all English and a refused to attend and had the

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formally summoned persuaded to attend. Rosenfeld, the Chief

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Executive 's of Kraft Foods, refused to appear to discuss the takeover of

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Cadbury and got away with it. That not the clear contempt of Parliament

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but a contempt of the British public as well. Our constituents want them

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to hold the powerful to account and we should not be shy of doing so.

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Some people think our powers are unclear and witnesses are beginning

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to call our bluff so we have to do something. In 2013 the joint

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committee on parliamentary privilege recommended changes to standing

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orders to make it absolutely clear that Parliament can arrest publish

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and buying offenders and said that, if the problems we have identified

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not resolved, todayParliament should stand ready to legislate. The

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committee said, doing nothing was not an option. But that is

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effectively what the comment has done. Absolutely nothing. So surely

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it is time to make it a criminal offence to bail to appear refused to

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appear without reasonable excuse before a committee of this house?

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And finally, the male role collection and is today. So will be

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fined a decision on Heathrow? In the words of boxes, in their epic

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Eurovision winning number, making your mind up, before they memorably

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tore off their scars, don't let your indecision take you from behind.

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Trust your inner vision. Don't let others change your mind. And

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incidentally, good luck to Joe and Jake next week. Let's hope the UK

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agrees with them that you are not alone in the European referendum on

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the 23rd of. Can I start by congratulating you on

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your indulgence and patience? I am sure you have powers to take much

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moral bust action. What a load of twaddle just heard from the shadow

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leader. Let's be clear. What we spent the last 12 months doing this

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are filling the trust public prisoners at the general election

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last year when we defeated the Labour Party. Mr Speaker, if you

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look at that thing is that this Government has actually done, we've

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introduced new powers to turn around failing schools, we have paved the

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way that this Government has actually done, we've introduced new

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powers to turn around failing schools, we have paved the way for

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the Northern powerhouse, we had passed the EU referendum out, we

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have provided substantial new powers of devolution to Scotland, we have

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paved the way for the national living wage. We passed English votes

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for English laws. We had passed a childcare act which doubles the

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amount of free childcare each week and taking further important steps

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to consolidate peace in Northern Ireland. These are real

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achievements. This part of the house is proud of them. And he talks about

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a one nation party. I am proud to be part of the Government that has seen

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unemployment fortress lowest levels since the 1970s and is worth

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remembering there is never yet been a Labour Government laptop is with

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unemployment lower than it was and it started. We are living in a

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nation where we now have more than half a million fewer children

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growing up in workless households than there were in 2010. A legacy of

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poverty we inherited from the last Government in which we are turning

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around. Mr Speaker I wait with interest to see. He talks about the

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language of politics. I hear the lemon to politics on that side of

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the houses they fight desperately working out to do with a leadership

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crisis and to do with the endemic problem of anti-Semitism in their

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party. It is worth saying today, that this week marks the dirty

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seventh anniversary of a great step forward in our society. The moment

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we elected a first woman Prime Minister. Ensure everyone would

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agree it was a really crucial moment in our political history and one

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that we should mark unreservedly. He mentioned the BBC. Once again he is

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making the mistake that I'm surprised he does make, always

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bleeding of the new beats in the papers. You need to wait for the

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White Paper on the BBC. It will be brought forward shortly. He and his

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colleagues will have the opportunity to question that paper when it comes

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as I would say simply, we on the side of the house expect the BBC dab

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a strong future in this country. He made a serious point about attending

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select committees and on this point he and I do agree. It is essential

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for the workings of this house that if people are summoned to appear

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before a Select Committee that they do so. I'm very happy in session we

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have cross-party discussions on how we ensure that happens. He asked the

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question about Heathrow. I am surprised, people are raising

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questions about air quality. The time we're taking over this is

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precisely to address error quality, emissions around Heathrow, they were

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in Government they would be doing exactly the same thing. As the

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honourable gentleman said, it is local elections day. I think with

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this send our thanks to everyone involved in those elections, the

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officials, the counting agents and police, and everybody is regardless

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of their political persuasions. Without them standing for election

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we would not have a democracy in this country. Obviously, I want

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Conservatives to win. I will watch with great interest after the Labour

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leader said he was going to lose no seats at all of these local

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election. We will see if his forecast is fulfilled. Mr Speaker, I

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think the next few days are big ones for the shadow leader. Because we

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know how much disquiet there is on those benches about their leader. We

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know that members of the shadow frontbencher seriously considering

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quitting ever next few days the cause of their despair about their

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leader. Mr Speaker, we know that the shadow leader has other targets in

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mind. You know he has a campaign group set up. We know he has been

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courting support on our side of the house for his planning due course

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when you decide to hang up your hat to take over from you. If the other

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different goal, if his front bench position does not matter and if he

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really does approve of his party leader, will you join those people

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looking to be principal before career over the next few days and

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resign after these elections? I wonder if he were consider a short

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debate on the Government's 2014 review section 135 and 136 of the

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Mental Health Act? I am concerned that the application of section 136

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in private places, the police intervening, even in an emergency,

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is pitifully limited? He makes an important point. The issue of mental

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health causes concern on both sides. I will make sure the Health

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Secretary is aware of the comments he has made. We have health

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questions next week, I would be happy to make sure the secretary is

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aware. It is also a matter for the Home Secretary. I will make sure she

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is aware. I wish to thank him for what is left of next week's

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business. It is great to have support for my colleagues who have

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in Scotland fought to ensure we get this third term of SNP Government

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and a majority SNP Government in a parliament designed to ensure it

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would not happen. I wish to thank everybody involved in today's

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elections and congratulate them on their efforts. And attention turns

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to what happens now they are good clue did, because it is hard to

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believe the Conservatives have been quite constrained thus far to try to

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ensure they have the best possible result today. After today, I see the

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prospect of them tearing lumps out of each other, friendships forged in

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the playgrounds of eating well and that for nothing as they get riled

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up into this gladiatorial contest, it will be the greatest show on

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earth, and we should look at the peacekeepers coming, as Labour ten

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lumps out of each other as well. We need a statement on what is going on

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with the campaign spending rule break from the Conservative Party.

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The claims are extraordinary and centre around Conservative

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candidates, 28 of them, failing to register the use of a battlebus for

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local campaigning, ?38,000 of accommodation for local campaigns.

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If anybody is found guilty of such a charge it could result in one year

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in prison and an unlimited fine. We must now hear what the Government

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view is Tom and there must emote suggestion that this Government

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cheated its way to power. We welcome the apparent U-turn by the Prime

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Minister yesterday around child refugees in response to the

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questioning from the member for Murray. It would be useful to know

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what the Government's intention is from Monday, whether they will

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accept the amendment without any amendment of its own, and it would

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be good if the leader could announce that today so the nation knows. It

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would be worthwhile to acknowledge what has happened in terms of

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business. The biggest innovation that we have had has been English

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votes for English laws. Something so divisive and useless and in

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compensable has to find the parliament in the last session. I

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think our urgent review is required and I hope that English votes for

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English lords is hopelessly consigned to the dustbin of history

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and we become one member of this has again. I wish to echo the comments

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around the elections, they extend to my comment about today's elections,

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they extend to those in Scotland, I am grateful to everybody who makes

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these elections a success. I suspect we have a shared interest in today's

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elections in Scotland, because we both want to see the Labour Party do

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badly. I am confident that in the leadership of Ruth Davidson we have

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every chance of consigning the Labour Party to third place in

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Scotland, where they belong. He talked about Civil War in political

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parties. He is looking in the wrong direction, because even though the

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shadow leader is not going to put principle before career, many of his

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front bench colleagues are profoundly unhappy with their party

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leader. I expect to see all kinds of trouble in that party, we will both

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watch with interest, but he will not see anything like it on our benches,

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because the hostility will be on that side. On the subject of issues

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related to electoral and other activities, it is for proper

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authorities to address issues whenever they arise. I have been

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careful to say that that is the case where those issues affect the SNP as

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well. On the subject of child refugees, the Prime Minister has set

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out our position carefully yesterday. On the subject of English

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votes for English laws, we have had this debate. Today in Scotland

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people are electing a new administration that will have more

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power to govern Scotland than ever before. It is for the SNP to decide

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how to use those powers if they are successful to date. They will find

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it is much tougher than they expect to take decisions, rather than

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talking about things. We stand by our view that England should have a

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share in the devolution settlement, and that is what we did. Can we have

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a debate so we can be of noxious and rude about connecting Devon and

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Somerset with broadband? It has been a fiasco. The two people that have

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caused more trouble are John Hart and Peter Doyle, it is beyond a

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joke, they are not connecting the counties. Could we then our spleen

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in this place to make sure they get the message that they should just go

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and let somebody get on with it who can get Devon and Somerset

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connected? He made his points are singly. As he does in customary

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style when he faces challenges in his constituency, he brings panache

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to his role as MP for Bridgwater, and I commend him for it.

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I thank the leader of the house for the business and at the next week.

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Members will have noted there is time allocated for backbench

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business committee debates on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Because of

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the uncertainty of the timing of business for next week, the

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backbench committee had to make some contingency plans, so we have

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prioritised outstanding applications for the remainder of this session

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for the 10th and 11th, and we hope to secure debates on the effect of

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the implementation of Universal Credit on children and on frozen

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pensions of UK pension recipients residing abroad. Which debate will

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be on which day is a matter for negotiation with the primary

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sponsors of those applications, so we will hopefully be able to inform

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the house as early as possible will stop --. I add my thanks to the

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support staff of the backbench committee for their professionalism,

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patience and humour in terms of our dealings. Thank you. It is

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appropriate to thank the chair of the backbench committee for the work

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he has done over the last few months and to thank the other members of

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that committee for the work they have done. And express my good

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wishes. It is a nervous time for him. A few days before he learns the

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truth, we keep our fingers crossed he is --. He is just above the

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relegation zone, he will be keeping his third and -- his fingers

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crossed, but not in the same way as the former Shadow Chancellor in

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Norwich. I would echo the points he has made, and I would say that I

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hope very much that over the coming session he will see greater

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participation from members of this house, bringing forward more

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thoughtful debate. There has not been as many subjects brought

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forward as they would wish, and my message would be, this is a large

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slice of parliamentary time, and members should try to use it as well

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as possible. I echo the words of other members about the elections

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today. I have -- I hope people will vote Conservative, but the amount of

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effort that has been put in, there will be far more losers than winners

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today, and we should have a statement next week on how our

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parliamentary democracy and our local Government elections are

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working so well. I wish to take the opportunity to thank both the leader

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of the house and the Shadow leader for how they have conducted business

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questions in this session. I wish the Shadow leader all the best for

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the future. That does not refer to his alleged

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effort to take your place, which I hope you will be there for a very

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long time to come! I was thinking in other directions. Could we have a

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statement next week on whether we are going to go forward with changes

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to the relationship tween this house and the other place's if we are, can

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we make sure we have Robert and lengthy consultation first, because

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it is clearly a constitutional matter. I thank him for his kind

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words. I did not say, because next Thursday is when we are to break,

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but I am grateful to him for his comments today and for being such an

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assiduous attender of these sessions. And bringing colour to the

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occasion, if nothing else. The Shadow leader says he has not been

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here for weeks, you and I will remember his tie has been a regular

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attender. We could not miss him. In terms of changes that have a

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constitutional impact, I would always assure him they would never

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be brought before this house without proper time for consideration about

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the imprecations and purpose. In defence of the Shadow leader, unlike

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other members in this place, he is going to be safe in his constituency

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for as long as he wishes to stay there. Time after time, he has one

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of the largest majorities in Britain. I have been here over 30

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years. I have never felt so devalued as I was in the vote earlier this

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week will stop --. My vote on the housing bill was not counted in the

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total votes. I think it is outrageous, and I would hope that

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the House of Commons will look at this again, because we have always

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believed we are of equal value, wherever we come from, England,

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Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, and it appears we no longer are. If

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I may stretch your patients a moment longer, can I also say to the

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leader, on the subject of the child refugees, I do not think the Prime

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Minister made the situation clear. All the commentators are saying it

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was much too vague. Who are they, when are they coming, in what

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numbers, where are they going to go, what preparation is going to be made

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on their behalf? I already feel... We have felt over the months to be

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totally distressed by the failure to deal with these child refugees, in

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fact, all refugees, in the way we should have done. This country has

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always had a proud tradition, but the present Government has devalued

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that. She wants a statement on the matter. I am slightly surprised,

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although I don't doubt, with his popularity in Wales, it is secure

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for the future, but she is cancelling other Labour MPs about

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not being here in the near future. In terms of the counting of

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vote, it is never acceptable for any vote not to be counted, mistakes

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sometimes happen, but I am sure you will have listened to the point she

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is making. Within the rules of the house, everybody participates in all

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divisions that take place, except in English grand committee. In terms of

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child refugees, I not only disagree, but her comments are the be

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disparaging to those who are working in the camps in and around Syria,

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supported by British money, helping bring refugees from those camps to

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the UK. We are doing more than virtually any other country in the

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world to provide support to those refugees. She should be proud of

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that. A criminal in Bradford, somebody who was on licence from a

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four under half year prison sentence, who evaded arrest by

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throwing acid in the face of a police officer, was given just a 20

:26:50.:26:55.

month sentence for the assault. To the disgust of the Police

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Federation. This was not actually the fault of the judge, who was

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doing his best within the sentencing guidelines. Assaults on police

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officers and other public servants is an aggravating factor when

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sentencing, there is no guidance given as to how much longer a

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sentence should be given for such an assault. Can we have a debate on

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this so we can consider the length of sentence which should be added as

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an aggravating factor on assaults on police officers and other public

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servants so that they can be treated in the court as seriously as they

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should be, and make sure those public servants are given the

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protection they deserve? Are you a burner I legislated to --

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you will remember I instigated a proposition. I'm sure the Justice

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Secretary will have heard the comments he has made. We should

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always work to providing maximum possible support for our public

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servants and give judges the power that they need to do with appalling

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situations like the one he describes.

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Can I add my voice to the many members who have already

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congratulated Leicester City on their Premier League win? To bring

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the title is truly remarkable. I am a regular member of the parliament

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to football team and I'm sorry to say, also about 5000-1 Arbeit fires

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to just win a match. But members are welcome to come around and watch our

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next game on the 23rd of May for we will... Can raise the question of

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football supporters? The average age is now well into the 40s of a ticket

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holder and young people are being priced out of the game. Can we have

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a debate please what more can be done to enable the next veneration

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of football fans to be able to regularly attend Premier League

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football matches? Can I echo his comments about

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Leicester City? Extraordinary achievements. One that will live in

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the annals of sporting history in this country for a long time to

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come. We will cheer them on in the Champions League next year. Can I

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also say, think would be appropriate to say, we have also expressed our

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congratulations and condolences to Tottenham Hotspur. No one would

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expected them to be the top two and I think it is worth marking that as

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well. He makes a very important point about Premier League prices. I

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would commend those clubs that are doing work to try and make cheaper

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tickets available to young people. It is of paramount Porton 's that

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footballers are family occasion and today's work. If we look back to the

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terrible events of Hillsborough, that was described in this house a

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few days ago, it was a different world then. Football has become a

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much more family friendly place. A much more open place. We would not

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want that to change to high prices. Can we have a debate on the future

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of the UK's military partnerships? Nato has been the cornerstone of our

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defence since 1949 and has helped keep the peace in Europe and yet now

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Germany and other members of the European Union wants to see an EU

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army. This gives me an opportunity to

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speak to the Government and for the leave campaign. It is everyone's

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view on both sides in the Government and I would hope in the other side

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as well that we absolutely do not want to seem the creation of a

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European army and I were Armed Forces subsumed into a European

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army. That is something that is a uniting factor in our side of the

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house. To ask the leader of the house that

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given the seriousness of the election fraud allegations, made by

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Channel 4, that the response to my honourable friend was sadly not good

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enough. Does he not agree that it is incumbent upon this Government to

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take action to work with any investigation, police or otherwise,

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or to instigate one, especially given that the allegations were made

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against the party in Government? I repeat my point earlier. When

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allegations are made there are proper authorities to investigate

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them. There seems to be some confusion out

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of the country regarding people needing to reregister to vote in the

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EU referendum on the 23rd of June. I would never seek to pass comment on

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these matters of course, but I'm being led to believe that some of

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this confusion is emanating from the Government's pro-EU propaganda. Can

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we have a statement next week to set this matter beyond doubt and to

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clarify the situation? Let me set the matter to break the

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straight today. Anyone who is currently on the electoral roll does

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not need to reregister for the referendum.

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A Kent burners bought the football community pub in Rochdale and IB

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backs of the landlord, landlady and big Les is now time to turn it into

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a veterinary surgery. I accept the Government has done some good work

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in terms of protecting pubs, perhaps we need a debate on whether planning

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powers need strengthening further to protect excellent pubs like The

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Bill's Head? Do the changes to planning tools we

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have given local authorities greater control. I understand the point he

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makes. We've seen a distressingly large number pubs disappear around

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the country. Of course, local communities do have greater powers

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than they did. And I would share his view. It is a great shame of a much

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loved local pub disappears and I hope that that does not continue in

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this country. Lost too many already. The SNP manifesto for today's

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Scottish Parliament elections commits to examining the feasibility

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of extending the Borders railway which was opened last year and is

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proved to be a huge success and I supported extension to Carlisle.

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Will the leader of the house agreed to hold a debate on there so we can

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hear and discuss how the UK Government would propose to support

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such a significant and exciting national infrastructure project?

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Of course, one of the things that the new administration in Scotland

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will be able to do, which ever political persuasion it is, is to

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pursue matters like transport, which are double. Crosses the border into

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England I have no doubt that my honourable friend the Secretary of

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State for Transport will wish to discuss carefully and constructively

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with the new Scottish administration how we can ensure that was

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completed. And we have a debate on the future

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of the Crown Post Office network, the Post Office Limited that is

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looking to franchise Betty nine of the Crown post offices including

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Lancaster in my constituency? The that MPs have with the Post Office

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Limited too many MPs will agree have found them very difficult work with

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and get clear answers from. I'm sure comments will be noted by

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the Post Office. I would simply say to her that although we have been

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through big changes to the post office in this parliament we have

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now finally reached a point where it is much less of a drain on the

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public purse and we can spend the money on other priorities. It is in

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all of our interest in today's world that we spend money where it is best

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useful. Last week we had a 60 minute debate

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on Westminster wall on East Anglia and evolution. It was massively

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oversubscribed, reflecting the unhappiness that members across the

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house have about what was going on and I suspect would find similar

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disquiet in other members of the country. We thousand people standing

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for election to local councils today. A complete mess in terms of

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what is being created in this country. Can the leader allow proper

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discussion in this house as to what reactionary doing?

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And what we're actually doing? We just heard from the backbench

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business committee that they've not necessarily got enough applications

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for business at the moment and that will carry through into new session.

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Weather will be more time available in the start of the new session. You

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will find a central body is therefore such a debate.

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We now come to the debate on the contribution of faith organisations

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to the voluntary sector in local communities. To move the motion our

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call Fiona Bruce. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Christians

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possess a rich heritage of social reform and charitable care. Which is

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alive today. In the 19th century William Wilberforce led a campaign

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for the abolition of slavery and child Labour. And other such as

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Bernardo and booth where involved in funding charitable organisations

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covering every conceivable form of human need is an expression of human

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love and those Christian principles that drove them are still very much

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alive in Britain today and as relevant as ever. The Evangelical

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Alliance, the largest and oldest

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